To add to Jim's post, numerous smaller servers also provide redudnancy, which you don't get from a single large machine. If one of several small machines dies, you're out a part of your processing. If one of one beefy machines dies, you're out ALL of your processing. As long as management and load balancing isn't a huge chore with the specific sitation, multiple machines makes me sleep much better at night.
barneyb --- Barney Boisvert, Senior Development Engineer AudienceCentral [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice : 360.756.8080 x12 fax : 360.647.5351 www.audiencecentral.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 4:14 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: ColdFusion Server x Hardware > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rodrigo Cohen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 11:17 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: ColdFusion Server x Hardware > > > > > > Dan and Tony, > > > > thanks for your reply ! > > Well, i have more than 1000 users registered in my system and i have 40 > > simultaneous users making queries. > > > > With that enviornment, my hardware is good ? > > It really depends on the application and how it's used. But VERY > generally: > > 1) CF apps have a tendency to be CPU bound: so multiple processors often > help more than most other things. > > 2) If you're doing a lot of caching (of queries for example) or > are heavily > using shared memory scopes (Session, Application or Server) then > more memory > may help (you want to avoid moving to virtual memory if at all possible). > > 3) As others have said Win2K is a much superior platform to NT 4. > > 4) You haven't mentioned your database - I think most people will assume > that it is NOT on the same machine as CF. If it is focus all of your > resources to get it on its own machine. > > In general dedicating hardware to services is a good way segment > load. The > obvious one is never have you database and application server on the same > box, but others can be targeted as well: you may dedicate a machine for > sending email, dedicate a search (Verity) server or whatever - all of this > depends on what your application does. > > 5) In a general sense we've had more luck with clusters of > moderate machines > than with heavy-duty single machines. For example two dual processor > machines sporting older chips (for example PIII 500-1000s) will often do > much, much better in real-life work than a single dual P4 machine and may > cost about the same in total. In the same way four older single processor > machines will often beat a monster. > > ColdFusion isn't unique in this - the same guidelines apply to pretty much > all application servers. > > Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
